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Trump Says Spain Does Not "Play as a Team" in Nato

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US President Donald Trump has accused Spain of not "playing as a team" because it is the exception when it comes to committing 5% of its GDP to defense spending like the rest of NATO members.In an intervention at the Oval Office with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Trump has said that the leader of the Alliance "will have to talk to Spain," but he trusted that the increase in Spanish engagement is something that Rutte "can easily resolve."

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US President Donald Trump has accused Spain of not "playing as a team" because it is the exception when it comes to committing 5% of its GDP to defense spending like the rest of NATO members.In an intervention at the Oval Office with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Trump has said that the leader of the Alliance "will have to talk to Spain," but he trusted that the increase in Spanish engagement is something that Rutte "can easily resolve."

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Donald Trump again publicly pointed to Spain on Wednesday 22 October as the weak link of NATO. He was not an answer to a question: he mentioned it himself, spontaneously, during his appearance with the Secretary General of the Alliance, Mark Rutte in the Oval Office, who came to Washington to discuss the conflict in Ukraine. Trump said that “Spain is not a team player” and that “Spain’s problem can be easily solved”, alluding to the 5% of GDP in…

·Spain
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For the fifth time in less than two weeks, the president of the United States has again criticized Spain and urged our country to reach 5% of defense spending...

·Madrid, Spain
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The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has again attacked Spain for its refusal to increase military spending within the framework of NATO. “Spain is not a teammate,” he said this Wednesday at a press conference after meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who has pointed out: “You can fix it easily.” Continue reading

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North American President revealed that Mark Rutte "to speak to Spain".

U.S. President Donald Trump has once again reprimanded Pedro Sánchez to NATO President Mark Rutte this Wednesday for refusing to allocate 5% of GDP to Defense: "You're going to have to talk to Spain" he told Rutte. "He's not a good partner in NATO because he doesn't play as a team."It's the second time in just over a week that Trump rebukes Sánchez. Last day 10 he insisted on his reproaches to Spain for Sánchez's scarring of NATO's defense spend…

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El Pais broke the news in Spain on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.
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